Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Minutes of the Annual Civil Engineering Society meeting held
on 30th March 2017.

Venue: Auditorium, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Moratuwa.

Date : 30th of March 2017

Time : 11.15 a.m.

The annual meeting of
civil engineering society for year 2017 was held with main purpose of electing
new office bearers for 2017.The meeting was conducted by Mr. Deshan
Chanuka secretary of CES with the
presence of Prof.J.M.S.J.Bandara (Head of the department),Dr.J.M.A.Manathunga(Academic
advisor),Prof. W.K.Mampearachchi ,Dr.L.I.N.De Silva(Senior Treasurer),Dr.
W.B.Gunawardana.At first he invited to Mr. Kelum Sandamal former assistant
secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting.The minutes of the previous
meeting was proposed as in order by Mr. Nalaka Plgampola (sem 7)seconded by
Mr.Ishan madushanka(sem 7). Mr Anushka Dassanayake presented the new
constitution of the society & it seconded by Mr.Sachintha Gayan (sem 7)
& Mr.Banuka VIduranga(sem 7). Then as the agenda of the meeting the new
office bearers was selected as follows.

Former Secretary of CES invited to newly appointed
President to taken over the meeting & the president welcomed all the guests
and objectives of the civil engineering society were presented to the all
members.

Next Dr.L.I.N.De Silva( Former Senior Treasurer) talked about the past few year’s progress
& about the history of the society. Further he said how it was developed
under so many obstacles & the contribution of the all members. Finally he
finished speech by congratulating the newly appointed committee members.

The president of the society Mr.Anushka Dassanayake
thanked to Dr.L.I.N.De Silva to contribution he gave to the society over last 5
years & all the members highly appreciated the service of Dr.L.I.N.De Silva.

Few plans for the upcoming year were presented to the
audience by the president.

Thursday, 4 May 2017

It is a time where nature is at its best with greenery
everywhere. All the trees and plants are in bloom. The crops get ripen and the
fields look golden. Nature gives a grand solemn to our peckish eyes. Buds of
flowers peep to see its beauteous sight. There is nothing but colors denoting the
energy – the vivid and passionate pulse of life giving us new hopes and
aspirations. The Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of the exuberant festivals
celebrated in Sri Lanka dawns in this epoch symbolizing the prosperity and
ethnic harmony between people and the country. According to astrologers and
planetary this festivity symbolizes the transition of the sun from the house of
Pisces to house of Aries.

Being a part of this
ample ethnicity the civil engineering society of University of Moratuwa contributed
to these multifaceted festivities on 06/04/2017 at the civil department
premises. The department was decorated with vibrant ‘Kolan chithra’ by the
Hindu devotees and a village house outside.

With the arrival of the Dean – faculty of engineering Professor
K.K.C.K.Perera, Vice chancellor Professor Ananda Jayawardane and the Head of
the civil department Professor J.M.S.J.Bandara the festival commenced.

Keeping up with the tradition, the ceremony of boiling milk
was done by the students of the 2015 batch with the participation of the staff
members of the department of civil engineering.

With the lighting of the oil lamp the food table was
announced open by the Vice chancellor Professor Ananda Jayawardane together
along with the staff. Once after all the guests present had cherished, the
table was opened to all those adorned the occasion.

The event embellished with the commencement of the aurudu
recreations such as crowning the ‘aurudu kumara and kumariya’ and other events
which were truly enjoyed by the guest invitees that were present at the
festival. Events had been organized with an open invitation which were enjoyed
indeed by the participants and the spectators specially the level 3, 4, and 5
students and the students from other departments along with outbreaks of
merriment.

The ‘Pani Bambare’
game was amongst the major highlights and a glamorous dance presented by the
students from the 2015 batch was able to catch everyone’s eye. ‘Dandukande
Gaseema’,’Kamba Adeema’, ‘Kotta pora gaseema’ and ‘Kana muttiya bindeema’ also
provided a major thrill to everyone. All this tremblesome amusement came to end
with the giveaway of choosy and attractive prizes for the winners of the games.

This event was a prodigious achievement of all the brothers
and sisters of the civil engineering department establishing as one big family
that will lead the future in many ways marking the name of our university and
country around the world in the times that will come forth.

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

All humans are special and need love.
Some are extra special and need extra love. They actually need affection, not
mercy. Their expectation is a smile not a frown. As we all know world is like
one family, we all have a responsibility to take care these extra special ones.

As the “Civil Family” of Moratuwa University,
we always believe that, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is not
an education at all”. So we needed to give our attention and affection to the
ones who really need it. By using that idea as the base we could organize an
amazing program called “Meth Mihira” to fulfil our target.

By
following our previous batches, we supposed to engage with the adorable ones in
“Meth Mihira Education Center” that situated in
Koralawella, Moratuwa which was started in 2000 to operate as a day center for
the children and youth with special needs.

“As
harder we work for something, the greater we can feel when we are achieving
it.”

The civil engineering society
faced a lot of difficulties when organizing this event. But because of the
tremendous effort of every civilian, we finally could arrange an amazing day
for them. We had invited to the honourable guests from civil family for this
lovely moment.

It was 8th of April,
2016. A group of civilians went to the Meth Mihira education center to bring
kids to the university premises and they could reach to the university at near
8.30 am. Another group were there in the front of the university to welcome
them with worm hugs and lovely gifts.

On
the way of bringing them to the civil department, soap bubbles flew everyware
with rainbow colours as the kids already started to enjoy with the welcoming
gifts. It was not a strange but all of us engaged with them while playing as
those adorable loving faces could steal our hearts at the first glance of us.

After
bringing them to the civil auditorium, we had started the ceremony with invited
honourable guests of civil family. As basic traditions we had lighten the oil
lamp and a representor of 14th batch had done the welcome speech. It
was a great pleasure to listen to the guest speeches as always those words help
us to get more courage for these kind of events.

Music is the language
which can express things which cannot be explained by words. There were several
events organized by Meth Mihira kids which had treated
with a feast for the eyes of everyone.

There
was a dancing event on the stage from girls of civil department of 14th
batch while the audience enjoying refreshments. After that as a special event
all the teachers of the Meth Mihira Education Center were awarded by souvenirs for
their remarkable service as without them these students cannot bloom like
spring flowers in their winter.

After all these indoor events, we supposed to
come outside of the auditorium as our main aim was to give a memorable time to
the kids with different kinds of events.

As the first one we
conducted a painting event. For that kids were divided in to small groups and civilians
also separated for those groups. Every group could get a sketch of a well-known
cartoon character and kids had been asked to colour those with using crayons which
were provided. It was a fantastic experience for everyone and it was a great
opportunity for us to be more friendly with those adorable ones. It was not
just painting but some were enjoyed there while playing drums, singing songs
and taking photographs. That lobby area was like a little heaven in that few
seconds as those little kids always remembered us angle smiles.

Kids always love games.
Considering that factor we had organized a cricket match and for that we
brought all the students to the ground in front of the department.
Kids showed an exceptional talent while playing cricket and all of the
participants including us could enjoy well in this special event.

“Our days are happier when we give people a bit of
our heart rather than a piece of our mind”

As
it was so tired after the cricket match, we had decided to get lunch and the
lunch was arranged in the common room of the department and all the students
including the staff members of the center could enjoy the lunch well. We were
always there to take care of every child and we always felt that the only
special need that they have is to be loved and accepted just in the way they
are.

After
the lunch we had distributed balloons to them. We also organized some musical
events like paper dancing and etc. All the little faces filled with happiness
with pure and innocent smiles. They enjoyed the moment so well.

People
say that “Take time to do what makes your soul happy”. It was a great day for
all of us. As time was already reached to ending time that we planned, we
decided to go to the final event of distributing gifts to students.

After that
we had ended the overall event which gave us a lot of unforgettable memories
for our entire life. As a memory we all gathered and took a group photograph
which remembers all the memories that we had experienced.